The Best of Jazz

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Lazy Bird
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1957-09-15)
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-09-15)
piano:
Kenny Drew (on 1957-09-15)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1957-09-15)
trombone:
Curtis Fuller (on 1957-09-15)
trumpet:
Lee Morgan (jazz trumpeter / composer) (on 1957-09-15)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1957-09-15)
recording of:
Lazy Bird (original instrumental composition) (on 1957-09-15)
composer:
John Coltrane
publisher:
Jowcol Music
John Coltrane7:07
2Tempus Fugit
producer:
Alfred Lion
bass and double bass [bass]:
Percy Heath (on 1953-04-20)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1953-04-20)
piano:
Gil Coggins (US jazz pianist) (on 1953-04-20)
tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Heath (on 1953-04-20)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1953-04-20)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1953-04-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1953-04-20)
recording of:
Tempus Fugit (on 1953-04-20)
composer:
Bud Powell
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
Miles Davis3:51
3Nice Work If You Can Get It
Stan Getz2:25
4Bird Feathers
Gil Evans6:55
5Ornithology
recording of:
Ornithology
composer:
Benny Harris and Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Marada Music Ltd.
Bud Powell3:53
6I'm in the Mood for Love (Every Night at Eight)
cover recording of:
I’m in the Mood for Love
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Margenia Music, MCI Music Publishing Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) (in 1935, in 1963) and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 2016)
Sonny Stitt2:37
7Willow Weep for Me
instrumental recording of:
Willow Weep for Me
lyricist and composer:
Ann Ronell (in 1932)
publisher:
Ann Ronell Music and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
recording of:
Willow Weep for Me
lyricist and composer:
Ann Ronell (in 1932)
publisher:
Ann Ronell Music and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Stanley Turrentine with The Three Sounds49:56
8Midnight in the Air
double bass [b]:
Al McKibbon (double bassist) (on 1955-04-15)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Bill Clark (Drummer) (on 1955-04-15)
guitar [g]:
Toots Thielemans (on 1955-04-15)
piano:
Shearing (British jazz pianist) (on 1955-04-15)
vibraphone [vibes]:
Johnny Rae (US jazz drummer/vibraphonist) (on 1955-04-15)
recording of:
Midnight in the Air
composer:
Leonard Feather and George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental recording of:
Midnight in the Air
composer:
Leonard Feather and George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
George Shearing42:27
9Saturday Night Blues
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1963-01-07)
producer:
Alfred Lion
congas:
Ray Barretto (on 1963-01-07)
double bass:
Major Holley (on 1963-01-07)
drums (drum set):
Bill English (US jazz drummer) (on 1963-01-07)
electric guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1963-01-07)
tenor saxophone:
Stanley Turrentine (on 1963-01-07)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1963-01-07)
recording of:
Saturday Night Blues (on 1963-01-07)
composer:
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell6:15
10I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
bass:
Jimmy Bond
celesta:
Russ Freeman (pianist)
double bass:
Carson Smith (on 1954-02-15)
drums (drum set):
Peter Littman, Lawrence Marable and Bob Neel (on 1954-02-15)
piano:
Russ Freeman (pianist) (on 1954-02-15)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1954-02-15)
vocals:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1954-02-15)
recording of:
I Get Along Without You Very Well (on 1954-02-15)
lyricist:
Jane Brown Thompson
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1939)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP) and Sony/ATV Harmony
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
Chet Baker42:58
11(It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along
Dexter Gordon6:48
12Stranger in Paradise
producer:
Richard Bock (record producer)
drums (drum set):
Benny Barth (jazz drummer) (on 1959-04-22)
electric bass guitar [Fender bass]:
Monk Montgomery (on 1958-04-22)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (on 1958-04-22)
piano:
Richie Crabtree (on 1958-04-22)
vibraphone:
Buddy Montgomery (on 1958-04-22)
recorded at:
Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1958-04-22)
instrumental recording of:
Stranger in Paradise (popular song from the 1953 musical “Kismet”) (on 1958-04-22)
lyricist:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
composer:
Alexander Borodin (Russian composer), George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
publisher:
Scheffel Music Corp, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Frank Music Co. Ltd. (from 1953 to present)
is based on:
Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: II. Gliding Dance of the Maidens: Andantino, 4/4, A major
part of:
Kismet (full musical)
Wes Montgomery4:55
13The Old Devil Moon
Sonny Rollins7:43
14You're My Everything
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1962-10-10)
producer:
Michael Cuscuna and Alfred Lion
alto saxophone and flute:
James Spaulding (jazz) (on 1962-10-10)
double bass [bass]:
Reggie Workman (on 1962-10-10)
drums (drum set):
Clifford Jarvis (on 1962-10-10)
piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (on 1962-10-10)
trumpet:
Freddie Hubbard (on 1962-10-10)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1962-10-10)
instrumental cover recording of:
You’re My Everything (on 1962-10-10)
lyricist:
Mort Dixon and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
Freddie Hubbard6:35
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